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How One Team Cut LLM API Costs by 60%
A development team reduced their LLM API costs by 60% through techniques like caching, prompt compression, and model switching. They instrumented every call to identify that redundant input tokens were the main cost driver. Key strategies included caching repeated contexts and using smaller models for simpler tasks.
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The 60% savings are impressive, but the real lesson is that most teams can achieve similar gains by first measuring where their money goes.
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